Season #1
Writing
Who is it for?
Do you want to explore a political topic through an artistic experience? The first step: writing. But there are many ways to “write”…
Objective
To learn how to plan and execute a writing process when creating new art focusing on political issues.
Themes
The overlap between art and politics, and how techniques of the former can be used to explore topics of the latter.
MOOC #1
Documentary theatre: interviewing citizens and writing from their characters and words
How to investigate a topic (interviews, immersive experiences, data collection) and use this material to write a play.
MOOC #2
creating on memory and
in (some) ideas of politics
How to write a script that might help to develop a performance, based on rewriting, devised materials and ideas?
MOOC #3
Write a monolog through an investigation and a collection of testimonies
From numerous personal testimonies to the writing of one character monologue - how to collect, transcript, analyse, and select material.
MOOC #4
Writing a performance from an open consultation
How to develop a site specific performance based on a public debate? How to make the experience interactive?
MOOC #5
Devising theatre for performance
How to take an idea and, using a variety of different stimuli and techniques, develop a piece of theatrical work.
MOOC #6
Political Theater, Global Approach
The writing of political theater refers to the fundamentals of theater. Here is a pedagogical approach with examples.